American Idol – FOX
Day two, American Idol’s premiere—are you hooked yet? In its first five seasons, American Idol has caused mass hysteria, and its finale is consistently nothing short of television’s entertainment biz’ Super Bowl. There are celebrity guests, lights, confetti, controversy, ill-timed commercial breaks and, oh yeah, singing.
To be famous—or not… It could be argued that to be crowned the winner is somewhat irrelevant, an extra perk on top of the more major mission: becoming an Idol cult favorite–i.e., a household name, long before the final votes are cast. Runner-up, positive pop prince, Clay Aiken has undoubtedly surpassed the velvet-voiced teddy bear who beat him, Ruben Studdard, in terms of headlines, recent album sales and strength of fan base. There’s still a bit of a search warrant out on Justin Guarini. And who predicted that, perhaps, the biggest star of the bunch would be this season’s It girl, Jennifer Hudson, an ambitious songstress whom the American people voted-off well before the final round.
Furthermore, if the flaming fire for 6th season has needed any added fuel, loopy judge Paula Abdul–caught acting, curiously, a little Danny DeVito-like while promoting the show on FOX’s Morning News–will definitely provide it. They say the sensitive judge has been a little ‘exhausted’ of late, knee-deep in Idol Season 6 promotional tours; we say, ‘stress-induced slurring seems to be quite popular these days.’ Then to top it off, more recent ‘press leaks’ have been asserting that the drama ‘on-stage’ is nothing compared to the domestic hijinks going down ‘off-stage’, in the arguably cushy dorm where the scrappy contestants share bedrooms, bathrooms and family meals while in Idol boot camp.
Yet no matter who acts erratic or who makes it big, the fact remains that the show itself is a complete thrilling journey from start to finish. American Idol -Season 6 continues tonight on FOX, which, for three weeks, will air many rounds of auditions, both the dazzling and destructive ones.
American Idol airs tonight at 8/7c on FOX.
